Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The last couple of days, I have been working on samples for my "Kitchen Collage" workshop on the 6th of July. I have an old church cookbook with all handwritten recipes in it and they are just waiting to be in a piece of art!

Found some old images, typed up some French cooking words and we're all set to go.

And it's also the countdown for finishing the MYM journals! Working on this page spread and not sure what I'm going to put on it next.

Then made some tags adorned with some lovely yarn that I found at a yarn shop in Lockport.

The page they are going on is down below a few more pictures. Somehow got them out of order.

Monday, June 27, 2011

While thinking of ideas to fill in my MYM journal, i found instructions for painting these wonderful little birds, thanks to "The Sketchbook Challenge" . My page is not done yet, but I cut out some little windows to peek through at them...

...and then when you go on to the next page, you see them flying among these lovely leaves and greenery.

These were my first little birdies, but they're so cute that I had to use them right away.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Julie, Rob, Brent and Mark are back from vacationing and fishing in Canada. We put my pictures on an external hard drive with success and then ...poof...don't know where they went! Well, I needed to say something today, so here's Julie's Canadian sunset. Pretty, huh?

Friday, June 17, 2011

Again, it was Thursday and time for "summer art:". This week we went to Brookfield Zoo. It was a rainy morning, but soon cleared up beautifully and we had a lovely day to be outside drawing. I always love the look of these little carts, so that is what I chose to draw.

We spent some of our time walking around first, looking at the bears and so this drawing needs more time spent on it, but at least it's something to remind me of our day at the zoo. I loved all the little animals eyes watching me while I was drawing them.

Before we knew it, it was time for lunch and we all gathered back together.

We can hardly wait for the critique, to see what everyone has done! Here Lois is pointing out the beauty of Joan's drawing.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

When Danielle was here yesterday, I introduced her to the painting of Maud Lewis, thanks to Kathy at "Art Projects For Kids" .

This project is taken from Maud Lewis Cat Painting. Maud Lewis was a Nova Scotia folk artist (1903-1970). I first learned about her from my cousin in Maryland and fell in love with her quaintness and her love of nature and animals. And that's a whole other story.

Monday, June 13, 2011

"Nature has a beautiful habit of surprising us day by day."Marjolein Bastin
Back to journaling every day. Some months, I get away from it and then I feel all out-of-sorts. I miss writing and making each day meaningful and memorable. I'm spending time dog-sitting this week and so I have time to sit and think and write. Yesterday morning, I heard what sounded like a loud duck. When I looked out the back window, it was a heron, who looked like a huge dinosaur flying by with his long long neck and his long long legs, and a small little bird chasing him! I wonder if he was trying to get something out of the little one's nest? Do they do that? It was a sight!

Well, then in another book, I am drawing plants. After beginning to read a book called "A Daily Creativity Journal - 365 - Make Something Every Day And Change Your Life", I thought it sounded like such fun and was thinking how I always wanted to do some botanical drawing and could start by practicing here. After one year, there should be improvement!

It is a very calming process for me. Then, looking at another wonderful book "Mixed Mania", they talk about paper dolls. Another favorite thought! I may have to try them too!

About Me

My love of nature and love of paper have influenced my love of drawing, painting and making things for as long as I can remember. For me, there is excitement in the visual pleasure I get from copying the beauty of nature. The colors. The gentleness. With my artwork, I seek to inspire and enlighten the viewer.